Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Respond to Defender open-source database alerts

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To get alerts from the Microsoft Defender plan, first enable Defender for open-source relational databases on Azure or enable Defender for open-source relational databases on AWS.

Learn more about ~~this~~ Microsoft Defender ~~plan~~for open-source relational databases in Overview of Microsoft Defender for open-source relational databases.

Prerequisites

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ --- title: Respond to Defender open-source database alerts description: Investigate and respond to alerts from Microsoft Defender for open-source relational databases, including Azure Database services and AWS Relational Database Service instances.-ms.date: 05/25/2026+ms.date: 07/03/2026 ms.topic: how-to-ms.custom: sfi-image-nochange+ms.custom: sfi-image-nochange, msecd-doc-authoring-1013 #customer intent: As a reader, I want to learn how to configure Microsoft Defender for open-source relational databases to enhance the security of my databases. ai-usage: ai-assisted ---@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ For Amazon Web Services (AWS) Relational Database Service (RDS) instances (Previ  To get alerts from the Microsoft Defender plan, first [enable Defender for open-source relational databases on Azure](enable-defender-for-databases-azure.md) or [enable Defender for open-source relational databases on AWS](enable-defender-for-databases-aws.md). -Learn more about this Microsoft Defender plan in [Overview of Microsoft Defender for open-source relational databases](defender-for-databases-introduction.md).+Learn more about Microsoft Defender for open-source relational databases in [Overview of Microsoft Defender for open-source relational databases](defender-for-databases-introduction.md).  ## Prerequisites